Safety-razor.



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SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1910.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

WITNESSES A TTORNEY are.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RIDNER P. CAFFERTY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Safety- R azors,of which the following is a speci fication.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in safety razors,and has for its object to provide a simple construction which willeffectually accomplish the result aimed at, in allowing for theadjustment of the blade relative to the guard fingers, and to preventthe blade from turning upon the guard.

Vith these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated in the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective of my improved safety razor. Fi 2, a section through thehandle, guard and blade. Fig. 3, a detail plan view of the guard. Fig.4, a detail perspective of the adjusting rod, and Fig. 5, a detail viewof the adjusting thumb bolt.

In carrying out my invention as here em bodied, A represents the hollowhandle, which has formed therewith or attached thereto the guard B, andthis guard is bow shaped, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and has formedtherewith the fingers C and the spring sections D.

E is the adjusting rod, having one side thereof flattened, as indicatedat F, and this rod is adapted to slide in the handle, but is preventedfrom turning by the flattened portion F, as will be readily underst d.

The blade G is adapted to rest upon the spring sections D, and has ahole therethrough for thepassage of the rod E, said rod having a head H,which bears upon the outer surface of the blade, thus providing forholding said blade in place.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1, 1910.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Serial No. 564,465.

which fits within the end of the handle and terminating in the threadedsection K, ada ted to engage with the threaded bolt L in t e rod E, sothat by revolving this ad justing bolt the rod E will be moved in or outof the handle A as the case may be to adjust the blade.

In order that the blade may be securely held against any tendency torotate when being adjusted, or in use, I provide the lugs M, whichproject upward from the guard and between which the blade snugly By theconstruction above described it will be seen that the blade primarilyrests upon the spring sections D and these sections are so bent thatthey normally lie above the plane of the fingers C, so that in drawingthe blade inward toward the guard, a greater or less cutting adjustmentis provided according to the degree to which the spring sections arecompressed by the blade forcing them inward, and this adjustment may becontinued until the blade comes in firm contact with the fingers.

Ofv course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction here shown, as these may be varied within the limits of theappended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and usefulis 1. As a new article of manufacture, a safety razor comprising ahollow handle, a guard having fingers and four spring sections formedthereon, a blade bearing upon the spring sections, an adjusting rodhaving one side thereof flattened and passing through the'blade and intothe hollow handle, and an adjusting bolt threaded into the adjustingrod.

2. In a safety razor, the combination of a hollow handle, a guard,fingers formed upon said guard, spring sections also formed upon theguard, lugs projecting outward from the guard, a blade fitting betweenthe lugs bearing upon the spring sections, an adjusting rod having oneside thereof fiattened and having a head formed thereon,

said rod passing through a hole in the blade I aflixed my signature inthe presence of two iLIld slidaible in the handle, an adjusting boltsubscribing Witnesses. iavin a reduced section tted to turn in I T q r1,the e d of the handle and also having a RIDLER CAFE EH11 threadedextension engaging a threaded hole in the adjusting rod, as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Witnesses:

RICHARD CONDON, S. M. GALLAGHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

